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Stevebob
Since: May, 2016
molokai198
Since: Oct, 2012
Unsung
Since: Jun, 2016
25th Mar, 2020 09:16:53 AM
Seconding Diabolus ex Machina, if only because Trauma Conga Line implies a greater degree of Woobieness. Deus Angst Machina if it's all part of the backstory. See also Rule of Drama, Serial Escalation, and Finagle's Law.
8BrickMario
Since: May, 2013
25th Mar, 2020 09:40:28 AM
Contrived Coincidence may factor into the misfortune as well.
Whats the trope for when such an improbable number of bad things occur it stretches the Willing Suspension of Disbelief? For example: as the Agony Booth review of Armageddon states at one point, due to the movie having No Antagonist the only way to create conflict is to have a lot of things go wrong, and further says that while this isn't inherently a bad thing, having literally almost every single thing go wrong both strains credibility and gets kind of repetitive after a while. It's almost like Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy but more like "darkness induced audience disbelief"
Edited by Bootlebat